Skip to main content

ATTENTION: This site is no longer active but remains as an archive.

Iraq Veterans Against the War has become About Face: Veterans Against the War. About Face can be found at aboutfaceveterans.org

Iraq Veterans Against the War

Join IVAW

Donate to IVAW

  • About
    • Founding of IVAW
    • Mission, Values, and Vision
    • War in Afghanistan
    • Why We Are against the Wars
    • Resolutions
    • IVAW Timeline
    • Board of Directors
    • Advisory Committee
    • Staff
  • Events
  • Campaigns
    • Operation Recovery
    • Winter Soldier
      • Breakdown of the Military
      • Civilian Testimony
      • Corporate Pillaging
      • Cost of War at Home
      • Crisis in Veterans Healthcare
      • Future of GI Resistance
      • Gender and Sexuality
      • Legacy of GI Resistance
      • Racism and War
      • Response to DoD
      • Rules of Engagement
      • Press Coverage
      • Press Releases
    • Right to Heal
  • Members
  • Resources
    • AWOL
    • Active Duty
    • Conscientious Objector
    • Depleted Uranium
    • History of Resistance
    • IRR Reactivation
    • Lariam
    • PTSD
    • Profiles of Resisters
    • Resources for Veterans
    • Stop Loss
    • Women's Resources
    • Mesothelioma
  • Press
  • Contact
    • Press
    • Speaker Request

Retroactive stop-loss payments $500

published by IVAW Admin on 03/12/10 9:30pm
Posted to: 
Washington DC

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web:http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13063 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact:http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 820-09 October 21, 2009 DoD To Implement Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay

The Defense Department announced today the services’ implementation plans to provide retroactive stop loss special pay. Active, reserve and former service members who had their enlistment extended or retirement suspended due to stop loss are eligible for this special pay, if they served on active duty between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 30, 2009.

Service members may begin submitting their claim for retroactive stop loss special pay on Oct. 21, 2009. In accordance with the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act, all applications must be submitted to the respective services no later than Oct. 21, 2010. Eligible personnel will receive a payment of $500 per month for each month (or any portion of a month) that a member was retained on active duty due to stop loss. Applicants for retroactive pay who are no longer in the military had to be honorably discharged, and for those who were stop lossed in fiscal 2009, may only receive payment from one stop loss authority – either the money appropriated for stop loss special pay in the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, or the money allocated for retroactive stop loss special pay in the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act, but not both.

Service members must provide documented proof they were stop lossed with their claim. Family members of deceased service members should contact the appropriate military service for assistance in filing their claim.

Information on how to contact each of the services is listed below:

Army: Go to https://www.stoplosspay.army.mil or email RetroStopLossPay@CONUS.Army.Mil

Navy: Email NXAG_N132C@navy.mil

Marine Corps: Go to https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/stoploss or email stoploss@usmc.mil

Air Force: Go to http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/stoploss/

Stop loss provides a valuable and critical tool to quickly retain and generate forces to surge in a major conflict. However, as deployment schedules stabilize, the department must then adapt and minimize its use of stop loss. The secretary of defense announced in March a comprehensive plan to eliminate the current use of stop loss, while retaining the authority for future use under extraordinary circumstances.

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release

Geoff Millard's picture

Demilitarization as Rehumanization

Demilitarization as Rehumanization   By: Clare Bayard     Date Published: March 11, 2011    Published In: Left Turn   The antiwar movement never died. The movement has...
Geoff Millard's picture

A message from one of IVAWs biggest supporters and top 40 artist Michael Franti.

Hey IVAW members & supporters this is a message from one of our biggest supporters and top 40 artist Michael Franti. “In 2004 I flew to Iraq and played music on the streets of Baghdad for both Iraqi civilians and U.S....
Geoff Millard's picture

G.I. Coffeehouse Internship at Under the Hood Café. National G.I. Coffeehouse Network Internship Program

G.I. Coffeehouse Internship at Under the Hood Café National G.I. Coffeehouse Network Internship Program  About Us: We are a national network of supporters of G.I. Coffeehouses created by veterans and civilian allies...
Geoff Millard's picture

Some Vets Get Chance at Medical Retirement

Some Vets Get Chance at Medical Retirement Approximately 70,000 veterans who were given a medical separation between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2009 have the chance to have their separations reviewed and...
Geoff Millard's picture

Military Fails to Protect Service Members from Rape— Class Action Lawsuit filed against the Pentagon By Ann Wright

http://warisacrime.org/content/military-fails-protect-service-members-rape%E2%80%94-class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-pentagon Military Fails to Protect Service Members from Rape— Class Action Lawsuit filed...
Geoff Millard's picture

Saturday March 19... Move the War Money, Save our Communities!

"Move the War Money, Save our Communities" The Washington Peace Center, Military Families Speak Out, United for Peace and Justice and others are collaborating on this forum exploring the effects of our over-inflated...

Pages

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • Next ›
  • Last »

Supporter Newsletter!

Donations

Make a single donation or become an IVAW sustainer by making your donation a recurring one. Please consider making your generous gift right now.
Donate Online Today!

Speaker Request

Please be advised that we get many speaker requests, but regret that we are sometimes unable to fill them.
Speaker Request

Joining IVAW

Iraq Veterans Against the War is open to Active Duty, National Guard and Reservists who have served since 09/11/2001.
Join IVAW

Navigation

  • About
  • Events
  • Campaigns
  • Committees
  • Chapters
  • Members
  • Resources
  • Contact